themangeraaad
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- Halifax, MA
I need a torque spec... 2008 Altima S (sorry for being long winded, question is in the next "paragraph", the rest is useless backstory except for the "edit" at the end :rof
The [front] brake calipers are held on by a bracket (the bracket holds brake pads, then the caliper bolts onto this bracket. hopefully you know what the hell I am talking about). What is the torque spec for the 22mm bolts that hold those bracket on?
Back story: I brought my altima into the shop (under warranty) for warped rotors around august '09, just before I reached 36k miles. The shop turned the rotors and they were OK at first... Then they started feeling iffy (almost warped again) about a month or 2 later. Now I know they are warped again but I am over the 36k mile warranty (currently at 45k miles). I went to replace them myself today but can't get those 22mm bolts off so I assume the Nissan dealership just hit them with the impact gun and called it a day...
I have never had this much trouble getting bolts out before (on the Jeep either the bolts broke/stripped due to rust or came free). I put my socket on these bolts with a wrench hooked on the end for extra leverage and pulled with my weight and they didn't move (I'm not small, I'll leave it at that). I also tried putting a socket or wrench on and hitting it to try and impact them free... no luck.
I am considering buying a set of metric impact sockets this wkend so hopefully those work with my impact gun to get those bolts free... but I just would like to know the torque spec so I can call the dealership and have solid torque specs to quote if my impact gun isn't good enough. I have already had a number of issues with repairs done under warranty from this dealership so I wouldn't be surprised if this is just one of many.
Thanks in advance
-Scott
Edit: I also found out that I am fairly sure (not positive) that it is the rear brakes that are warped... not the front... but I didn't try to brake those free at all. If you could provide torque specs for anything back there as well, it would be great :thumbup: I didn't look back there too much so it may be a completely different setup.. but if it is the same type of setup then I would need the same specs for the rear brakes if they are any different from the front
The [front] brake calipers are held on by a bracket (the bracket holds brake pads, then the caliper bolts onto this bracket. hopefully you know what the hell I am talking about
). What is the torque spec for the 22mm bolts that hold those bracket on?Back story: I brought my altima into the shop (under warranty) for warped rotors around august '09, just before I reached 36k miles. The shop turned the rotors and they were OK at first... Then they started feeling iffy (almost warped again) about a month or 2 later. Now I know they are warped again but I am over the 36k mile warranty (currently at 45k miles). I went to replace them myself today but can't get those 22mm bolts off so I assume the Nissan dealership just hit them with the impact gun and called it a day...
I have never had this much trouble getting bolts out before (on the Jeep either the bolts broke/stripped due to rust or came free). I put my socket on these bolts with a wrench hooked on the end for extra leverage and pulled with my weight and they didn't move (I'm not small, I'll leave it at that). I also tried putting a socket or wrench on and hitting it to try and impact them free... no luck.
I am considering buying a set of metric impact sockets this wkend so hopefully those work with my impact gun to get those bolts free... but I just would like to know the torque spec so I can call the dealership and have solid torque specs to quote if my impact gun isn't good enough. I have already had a number of issues with repairs done under warranty from this dealership so I wouldn't be surprised if this is just one of many.
Thanks in advance
-Scott
Edit: I also found out that I am fairly sure (not positive) that it is the rear brakes that are warped... not the front... but I didn't try to brake those free at all. If you could provide torque specs for anything back there as well, it would be great :thumbup: I didn't look back there too much so it may be a completely different setup.. but if it is the same type of setup then I would need the same specs for the rear brakes if they are any different from the front
